Sea Monkeys? In Nevada?

If you don't see Desert bighorn sheep drinking water from a tinaja,
you might see myriad shrimp swishing around in there.
The shrimp are related to the famous "sea monkeys" (also known
as brine shrimp), and they can survive long periods without
water. Their eggs, like the seeds of plants, are able to survive
for years of drought, waiting in the dust until life-giving
rain falls.

Great tinaja shot. I think the term for living long periods without water is anhydrobiosis "life without water". I have seen them (fairy shrimp) in Utah, amazing creatures, proof to the fact that life will find a way.

Yup, there's a man who knows his
biology! Used to be several (trillions)
of fairy shrimp living in Mono Lake.
At least there was back in the 1990s,
the last time I went over Tioga Pass.
I still need to get up to Utah - time
is just zooming by. In the meantime,
life will always find a way. Thanks!!

Thanks and ... I shot it with my
brother's Kodak digital. The lighting
was really "funky" that day. It had
just snowed (a few inches) in the
mountains earlier in the day. The
sun was breaking out, but just enough
to give it a 'subdued' feeling. The
Mohave Desert is quite the place.

Thank you! Hope you don't mind me
asking, but your ancestry? SE Asia,
by any chance? My wife was born in
the Philippines. Yes, I came across
this tank in the Red Rocks. I didn't
even know it was there!! Take care.